Why do we have that belief?

Michael Shermer on strange beliefs

Doubt, like belief, requires justification.

The Prescript suggested elements of white supremacist belief.

The liberalization of media is apparently on its way and a new text is expected by mid 2013, Yasmine rejoices.

Plastic litter is increasingly believed to be a source of persistent toxic substances.

Italians shared the same belief after the disillusion of 1848.

This served to justify the premium placed on female chastity.

I mean if I'm a good Darwinist, I've got to believe there's a reason for that.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, globalization is not homogenizing and Americanizing the cultures of the world.

mar3e Morsi in Germany lies and says I respect the people's right to belief.

One may be inclined to think that there is nothing important left to be said.

But the belief that nothing will change is equally illusory.

Four differences lead me to believe that maybe just maybe the euro will survive.

But Malaysian history over the past three decades shows that this belief is mistaken.

Not everyone agrees with the sentiment that Miyamoto is not fit to be Japan's representative.

In fact, the name by which Zapotecs are known today results from this belief.

Freedom of belief and of thought, and freedom to profess a religious faith, and political or philosophical opinions.

But the main problem is not Obama it is the hubris of Americans belief in their exceptional role in the world a belief that has been abused too many times to promote unnecessary wars.

Afghanistanica disarms the widely held belief that there are Chechen Jihadis on the ground in Afghanistan.

For instance, it assumes that terrorists and their supporters do not understand their own anger.

But, contrary to popular opinion, the two actually have little to do with each other.

Consider the belief that the more the government borrows, the higher the future tax burden will be.

Senang Diri points out that the photo confirms the perception that Singapore soldiers are spoilt softies (The picture) sums up what the SAF s detractors have long argued and what local authorities have taken pains to correct that Singapore s national servicemen are soft city boys.

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Despite popular belief, the tomb may possibly be that of an Arab sheikh.

To reject the existence of brute facts is to think that everything can be explained.

We continue to believe that its principal focus should be on the implementation of the goals of the Millennium Declaration.

The traditional belief was that armed conflict had a more substantial effect on such treaties.

Because otherwise it can get quite claustrophobic.

But the perception that the law is selectively applied happens to be true.

My inclination is to believe that the head will prevail but not completely.

Americans like to think that if poor countries simply open up their markets, greater prosperity will follow.

But what matters here is a common perception that Russians are not ready to assume the responsibilities of citizenship.

Is it true now? What will he say about inequality?

The belief is, at the least, unlikely, and out of keeping with the patient's social, cultural and religious background.

Suspicious cases where there is cause to believe they should be frozen are currently under investigation.

Of course, America has been encouraging Sunni leaders in this belief.

This entails abandoning the prevailing dogma that taxes should only be increased when absolutely necessary.

But there are good reasons to believe that we are experiencing a more persistent slump.

Nonetheless, there is no reason to believe that Obama was being disingenuous about his objectives.

Many of the reactions to my book tend to confirm that belief.

I m just trying to figure out the best way in order to demolish this stigma that all Muslim people are terrorists, he says.

Meanwhile the perceived nexus between the affluence of the Territories and their constitutional status, persisted.

The United States shares the conviction that no single area of reform should be addressed to the exclusion of others.